RANK #09 82% MATCH

Raleway × Open Sans

sans-serif  +  sans-serif

Raleway's elegant, geometric thin-to-bold headings over Open Sans's neutral body is a long-standing, well-liked sans pairing — Raleway supplies the refined geometric character up top while Open Sans keeps the body warm a...

Headings + Body Google Fonts Free
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Match scores

How Raleway and Open Sans score across four checks — class contrast, role clarity, x-height harmony and mood affinity. Higher is better.

COMPOSITE MATCH
82 /100
Reliable choice
Class contrast 76
Role clarity 84
X-height harmony 84
Mood affinity 86
WHY IT WORKS
Structure meets readability

Raleway's elegant, geometric thin-to-bold headings over Open Sans's neutral body is a long-standing, well-liked sans pairing — Raleway supplies the refined geometric character up top while Open Sans keeps the body warm and readable. Their shared web heritage makes the system feel natural.

Where it shines

Portfolios, agencies and modern brand sites wanting an elegant geometric headline over a safe, readable body.

Where to be careful

Both are sans, so the contrast is gentle — use a heavy Raleway for headings against regular Open Sans to keep the hierarchy clear.

THE TYPEFACES
Meet the pair
Ag HEADING
Raleway
sans-serif · Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida · 2010
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WEIGHTS
Thin ExtraLight Light Regular Medium SemiBold
BEST FOR Headlines, labels, UI
Ag BODY
Open Sans
sans-serif · Steve Matteson · 2011
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & ?!
WEIGHTS
Light Regular Medium SemiBold Bold ExtraBold
BEST FOR Body text, quotes, long reads
GET THE PAIR
Drop it into your project

Add the fonts, then two rules — Raleway for headings, Open Sans for everything you read.

index.html
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Raleway:wght@500;700&family=Open+Sans:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
styles.css
h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: "Raleway", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

body, p {
  font-family: "Open Sans", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.7;
}
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